Crews are now drilling a launch pit to hold the massive tunnel-boring machine for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement project. The project will be using the largest diameter tunnel boring machine ever ...

The overpass, which carries SR 99, will officially close at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning. The closure is a safety measure as Seattle’s favorite boring machine/headache, Bertha, tunnels beneath the ...

Crews will close the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct for two of the next three weekends to inspect the structure and reinforce a two-block section located above the path of the future SR 99 tunnel.

TRAFFIC: Lanes reopen after car fire on NB I-5 near I-90 in Seattle A car is on fire on northbound I-5 near I-90 in Seattle, slowing traffic for morning commuters. 20-acre waterfront park to replace ...

Beating out German competitor Herrenknecht and two others, Japanese firm Hitachi Zosen has won the contract to build the tunnel-boring machine that—if all goes to the governor’s plan—will dig the tube ...

After 10 days of around-the-clock tunneling, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced the Alaskan Way Viaduct has reopened in time for the Monday morning commute, bringing an early ...